How big? Well, by now, you’ve likely been exposed to images from the oil sands in northern Alberta. And if you have, you’ll probably recall seeing some of the largest dump trucks you’ve ever seen hauling dirt across the barren landscape.

It’s designed to pick up a load and transfer it to 400-ton trucks, has an operating payload of 160,000 pounds, a 24-foot lift height and an 11.5-foot reach. To accomplish the monumental tasks at hand, the L-2350 sports a 65.0-litre turbocharged Diesel engine producing 2300 hp.

Komatsu D575A-3 SD: World’s Largest Bulldozer

This Komatsu vehicle isn’t any ordinary bulldozer; it’s a “Super Dozer”. That’s what the “SD” is for, naturally.

All told, the D575A-3 SD weighs a whopping 152,600 kilograms and can move up to 69 cubic metres of material. And if that’s not enough, an available larger blade ups that capacity to an astonishing 96 cubic metres per pass.

Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1: World’s Largest Mobile Crane

From Liebherr, the same heavy machinery company that produces the massive mining dump trucks, the LTM 11200-9.1 has the longest telescopic boom in the world, extending as high as 100 metres.